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Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement

Utah rates for HCPCS 50433

A tube is passed through the skin of the back into the collecting system of the kidney and threaded down the ureter into the bladder, so urine can drain past a blockage. X-ray dye and live imaging are used to map the drainage path and guide the tube into position. It is used when a stone, a growth or scarring stops urine leaving the kidney normally.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kidney-to-Bladder Drainage Tube Placement cost?

$4,245

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,245 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$468 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,514 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,413Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,622
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $933

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$151.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$15,488.17

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Oklahoma than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Utah· 12th of 51

$4,245

$933 physician + $3,311 facility

OK $6,075KY $1,891

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.